We have just returned from a most fascinating trip to the KTP. In total 2 nights at Twee Rivieren, 8 nights at Nossob & a further 5 nights at Mata Mata. Staying in chalets this year.

The highlight of the trip definitely being the dramatic event affecting a Cheetah cub, when the mother and her four cubs arrived at the Nossob waterhole that Sunday afternoon ! An incident surely not to be captured on a camera lens again . . . and which had everybody spellbound in the Nossob hide that day !

View our story as to what happened to the cheetah cub . . . . . and that of many other sightings and events with good supportive photographs . . . . see my latest post or http://www.reddune.info" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The KTP was wonderful and very kind to us this year. We saw plenty of lion and cheetah up close . . . as well as eland, caracal, cape fox, the giraffes and many other.

In total contrast to other years in May, it was warm and we could sit around the fire till about 21h00 every evening without putting on something warm. Only on the last day did the weather change with the rain and flooding to the south of the Park.

Hats off again to the personnel, section rangers, wardens and support staff for the fantastic job that they are doing in the interest of so many of us. Their commitment to the task and attitude towards the visitors was again very notable this year.

_________________Nossob : 6 days from 5th March 2015 Namibia : on a sheep-farm in Nambia for 2 nights (14kms out)Mata Mata : back to Mata Mata for 4 days from 15th March 2015

Red DuneBeautiful, beautiful, beautiful Your story and all the pics you captured are fantastic. Thank you, but I am SO SAD, I wish I did not read the last pageHope you soon return, May 2009 ? Would love to share your experiences of another trip!!!

Sad news at the end of your report, but while I was there early May, saw the mother and 4 cubs north of Bedinkt, and a lone cheetah was reported same day at Marie se Draai. So I just hope those cubs still have their mum....we will have to wait for latest visitor reports?

_________________STAY ON THE ROADS. KEEP CLEAR OF THE RIVERBED - ANIMALS ARE LIVING THERE.

Wa lovely way of doing a photo report. The limping lioness looks in very good condition. We saw her with a pride in 2006 at Bedinkt. She has a 6 month old male cub with her and was joined by two males and another female with three cubs of not more than two weeks old. They were hidden in the grass on the bank of the road and she came to fetch them, one after the other, not more than 3 meters away from our faces --- fantastic experience.

The Marie-se-Draai pride kept us awake for a whole night at Nossob camp. We unfortunately didn't see the cubs, but experience them killing a wildebeest about 200 meters away from the waterhole.

Good to see Albert doing his thing with the tyres - the right way to do it.

Please post your info and photo of the mother Cheetah and cub at the Tented Camp on Pikasso's thread.

What a sad story on the cheetah that they had to put down. I wonder if the park staff can comment more on that for us.

The picture from the Web cam that you posted . . . is actually that of the Cheetah cub swimming to his family on this side of the water ! ! Why he stayed by himself on the other side remains a mystery . . . suppose he was to taken up with all the water in front of him.

I took my pic at 17h03 on the 18th . . . suppose the satellite pics from the Web cam will take its minute or three to download onto the SANPARKS website

_________________Nossob : 6 days from 5th March 2015 Namibia : on a sheep-farm in Nambia for 2 nights (14kms out)Mata Mata : back to Mata Mata for 4 days from 15th March 2015

The picture of the Cheetah with the radio collar was taken at 12h12 on 23rd May.

Should you be coming from the south . . . pass the Kalahari Tented Camp's turnoff . . . and continue to Mata Mata . . . . there is a very awkward blind rise approx 500 meters from the turn off . . . the Cheetah and cub was lying about 10 meters
off the road on the right-hand side . . . on the top of the rise.

What the sad story about the other cheetah is concerned . . . think there is a very important lesson for all of us to learn via this tragic incident . . . that then be the reason of me placing the report. Speeding is curse in the KTP . . . and we have possibly all transgressed sometime in the past.

Although very tragic for all . . . we must take the lesson from this . . . and put it behind us. " When speeding, you've simply got no chance in stopping in time . . . with the long grass so close to the edge of the road "

_________________Nossob : 6 days from 5th March 2015 Namibia : on a sheep-farm in Nambia for 2 nights (14kms out)Mata Mata : back to Mata Mata for 4 days from 15th March 2015

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